Insulated rail-joint.



-P. G. TEN EYCK. INSULATED RAIL JOINT. APPLICATION FILED APR.12. 1909.

Patented July 11, 1911.

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INSULATED RAIL JOINT.

APPLICATION FILED APRJm. 1909.

Patented July 11, 19-11.

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UNITE sfrA r s PATENT OFFICE.

PETER TEN EYCK, F ALBANY, NEW YORK.

INSULATED RAIL-JOINT.

To all whom it jmay concern: 1

Be it known that I, PETER G. TEN EYCK,

' a citizen of the United States, residing at the city of Albany, in the county of Albany and State of New York, have invented certain' new and useful Improvements'in Insulated Rail-Joints, of which the following is a specifica-ti0n.' '1

My invention relates to insulated rail joints, and one of the objects of my invention is to provide a means for insulating rail joints'in such a manner that water seepage may be prevented, the life of the insulation and connections lengthened, the efliciency of the insulation increased and economy in time and: money obtained, together with such other elements and'cornbinations as are hereinatter more particularly set forth. Iattain these objects by means .of the-mechanism illustrated in the accompanying d awings, in which: E

Figure 1 is an end elevation of a rail provided with my invention. Fig.2 is-a side elevation. Fig. 3 is a plan. Fig. 4 is a detail view of an angle iron. Fig. 5 is a view of the insulation and retaining plates before they are in position for use. Fig. 6 is a modified form of the arrangement of my insulation and retaining plate. Fig. 7 is another modified form'of my insulation and.

retaining plate. Fig. 8 is a still further modified form of my insulation and retaining plate. Fig. 9 is a bottom plate provided with my :invention. Fig. 10 is a bottom plate provided with a modified form of my invention. Fig. 11 is a bottom plate provided with a still further modified form of my invention. Fig. 12 is an elevation, partly. broken away, showing the manner of placing insulation between the ends of the rails.

Fig. 13 is a;modified form of my invention applied to the ends of the rails. Fig. 14 is a plan of a sheet of insulation. Fig. 15 is an end elevation of one form of constructing the sheet of insulation shown in Fig. 14. Fig. 16 is a modified form of mode of constructing a sheet of insulation. Fig. 17 is .a' still further modified form of constructing sulation. Fig. 20 is a section of the end of.

a rail provided with my invention. Fig. -21' a'. sheet of insulation. Fig. 18 is a still further modified form of constructing a sheet of insulation. Fig. 19'is a side elevation of a rail provided with'a sheet of inis an el evation oi /an angle plate provided I Specification of Letters Patent. I Patented July 11, 1911. Application filed April 12, 1909. Serial No. 489,275.

BEISSUED vention. Fig. 23,is a stillfurther modified form of angle plate provided With my in vention.

all of the ways which would suggest then1- selves to a practical railroad man.

A great deal of .trouble has been experienced with the use of insulation in connec-- tion with rails, as .theconstant jar, intermittent motion and severe and sharp blows. to which the insulating substance is subjected tends to break, loosen and otherwise cause disintegration of the parts; also by 1 Similar letters refer to s milar parts.

allowing Water to collect and ultimately destroying the insulation, requiring extensive repairs. To prevent these objectionable 00- currences it is necessary to have the insulation held rigidly in position and to prevent the moving parts of the rail, by moving parts I mean" thdse which are'causedto. vibrate under the'action of trains, from wearing the insulation. Many devices have-been tried to prevent the-creeping movementv of the insulation in rail joints, none soifaraas'l am aware having re ulted in preventingithe wear of the insulation at the same time+that the insulation is held securely imposition. Another objection to be removed. is that of installing the insulation on the road bed, where because of the frequent passage of trains," and lack of accommodation for the exercise of skilful work it is diflicult to place the insulation in the best possible manner. This I do by arranging my insulation in contact with a plate ready for being placed in its position without manipulation of the insulating material at the place of work on the road. To accomplish this I place the insulation, A, in contact with a plate, B, se curely fastening the insulation to the. plate by adhesive substance or in any suitable manner. Therefore the ins'ulation,'A, attached thereto may be of any desired form, corresponding of course to the place in which it is to be used.

In Fig. 1 I haveshown my preferred form tr railjoint and fish plate. The plate, B,

in space.

to which is attached the insulation is placed between the fish plates and the web, I), the plate, B, being in contact with the web and base, E, of the rail, insulation, A, being in contact with the fish plates, C. Insulation is also preferably placed around thebolt, F, separating all the metallic parts of the bolt from the rail and fishplates in the usual manner. T he fish plates, C, are each bent,

to form an overlapping portion, a, near their lower edges, extending-above that portion of the fish plate which corresponds in position to the base of the rail. This overlapping portion, a, tends to strengthen the fish plate and prevents the extension of the base of the rail, rendering my rail joint capable of being placed where many rails, frogs and webs require the greatest economy The rail joint being equally strong as constructed in the manner illustrated in Fig. 1, as it would be if overlapping piece, a, were caused to extend on a prolongation of the main portion of the fish plate as is usually done.

I. Fig. 4 I have shown my arrangement of th angle iron, C, and insulation, A, ready '0 be attached to a rail joint of a form different, from that shown in Fig. 1, but which is a common form in use.

In Figs. 5, '6, 7 and 8 I show modified forms of my invention.

In Fig. 5 I use two plates, H and J, placing insulation A between them.

In Fig. 6 I show the plate K with insulation A attached, but the insulation placed on the opposite side of the plate, K, from that shownin Fig. 8. i

In Fig.7 I show insulation, A, A, on both sides of plate, L, placing the plate-between the insulation.

.In Fig. 8 I show the insulation, A, and plate, B, placed ,in dil'lerent form from that shown in Figs. 5, G and 7, in the form-shown I l in each one of these figures the spirit of my invention being maintaoied, which is that of securing insulation rigidly in place and with the foot of the rail.

thus preventing any movement of the insulation when placed in the ra joint, and ar ranging for having the parts ready to be put in positionwithout doing'the work of placing the insulation on the road. In Figs. 9, 10 and 11 I show this same arrangement illustrated in Figs. 5, 6, an'dT, of placing insulation on one side or the otheror oil both sides of a plate. 'Thus in Fig. 9 the insulation, A, is put on the base plate, M. 1

In Fig. 10 the insulation, A, is placed on a plate, B, and 'thegplate, B, is in contact In Fig. 11 insulation, A, is in coi tact with the foot of the rail, plate, B, comes next and then insulation, A, isbrought'm contact. with the base plate, M. I

In Fig. 12 I show insulation, litjjplaced I between the rails, R, having a plate, B, on

fish plate;

each side of the insulation, while in Fig. 13 I show the insulation, A, attached directly to the end of the rail itself.

In Figs. 1a, 15, 16, 17 and 18 I show a sheet composed of a plate I5 and insulation, A, in which the insulation may be placed as shown in Fig. 15 in contact with the plate, B, or in 16, two plates, 13, with insulation A between them, or as Fig. 17 with insulation on-each side of the plate, 13, in- Fig. 18 with insulation on each side of plate, B, with plates, 7), on each side thereof, making plate, insulation, plate, insulation'and plate.

In Fig. 19 I show insulation in direct contact with the rail.

In Fig. 20 I show insulation attached directly to the rail.

In Figs. 21, 2 and 23 I show my invention in contact with a well known form of angle iron, in which plate 13 and insulation, A, are arranged substantially in the manner hereinbefore described. The plate, B, I have termed a holding plate, which is a distinctive name showing that the insulation is held thereby.

' I may use the term angle iron and fish plate indiscriminately, each being used in the trade. W here I refer to insulation I intend to be understood as meaning all kinds of materials used for insulation, including that known in the art as enamel insulation, and where I have referred to fastening or securing the insulation to the other parts I intend to be understood as referring to the placing. of enamel insulation onto the parts well as other insulating substances. In'my preferred rall oint, illustrated in Fig. l, I may secure together the fish plate, C, insulation, A, and holding plate, B, so that in one piece I may ship and install the fish plate, insulation and holding plate. I

do'not desire to be understood, however, as now limiting myself to the exact order in which these may be placed, but that they all may be secured together, so that they will form one body, it desired.

hat I claim as my'invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In'a rail joint comprising the rails, a a holding plate; insulation placed between and permanently attached through t its entire ength to both the fish plate and the holding plate.

QIA. rail joint, col-uprising a rail; a fish plate provided. witha lower flange bent over on itsel't and resting above the main portion of SflLl fish plate on the same side of the web of the rail as said fish plate; an insulation I placed between said fish plate and said rail; substantially as described.

, 3. A rail joint I comprising the rails; a holding plate in contact with the web on the underside of-the head and foot of the rail throughout the extent of the holding plate; a fish plate; insulation placed between the fish plate and holding plate and permafrom coming in contact with the insulation, 10 nently attached to each throughout the exand no moving part is permitted to touch tent thereof. 7 the insulation in any way.

4-. A rail joint comprising the rails; a In testimony whereof I have afiixed my fish plate; a holding plate; an insulation signature in presence of tWo Witnesses.

placed between the fish plate and the holcl- PETER G. TEN EYCK. ing plate and permanently attached to each WVitnesses: 'Whereby gases, water, oil, acids, Cinders, dirt LOTTIE PRIOR,

and all foreign substances are prevented FREDERICK WV. CAMERON. 

